Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-30

well arranged for exercising the horses
housed within it. The stable is of course
a two-story building, the upper story be-
ing divided into store rooms and attend
ants dormitories. The stable proper is
upon the ground floor. 1t is divided in
to ten stalls, besides the carriage and
harness rooms.
Mr.. Bonner usually keeps six of his
notable horses in this stable besides the
carriage horses. Maud S., Edwin For
rest and Grafton are now at Mr.. Bonner's
farm near Tarrytown, but will be brought
to the city tomorrow or Tuesday. DeX-
ter, Rarus and Pickard are now in the
city stable. Dexter has reached the ven
cradle age of twenty-nne. He is drying
up with age, but his general health is
good and he eats as well as he ever did.
He is not required to do any work now.
In Mr.. Bonner's own language, 81 sim
ply give him walking exercise and keep
him for the good he has DONE" Dexter
is a son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, out
of Clara, by Seely's American Star. He
was foaled in 1858 and bred by Jonathan
Hawkins, of Orange County, n. Y. He
was the greatest horse of his day, both
in speed and endurance, and few years
after Mr.. Bonner purchased him he trot-
ted mile to road wagon over Prospect
Park, carrying 319 pounds, in 2:2la.
Rarus was bred by r. B. Conklin, of
Greenport, L. l. He was foaled in 1867
and is by Conklin's Abdallah, out of Nam
cy Awful. He has record of 2:134,
made at Buffalo, and of 2:l5, 2:133 and
2:l3t for three consecutive heats, made
at Charter Oak Park, Hartford, Conn.
Since Mr.. Bonner bought him he has
trotted mile on his track in 2:114.
Pickard was bred by d. NJ. Bowman of
Mercer County, Ky. He was foaled in
1874 and is by Abdallah Pilot, out of
Lady Bowman. His record is 2 ISL, but
since Mr.. Bonner bought him he has
made public trial at Fleetwood in 2 :16a
Mr.. Bonner paid $4,000 for him.
Edwin Forrest was bred by j. n. Had
dock, of Harrisonville, Mo. He was
foaled in 1871, and is by Brannock's Ned
Forrest, out of Fanny Monday. His re.
cord is 2 :1S, but he made public trial al
Hartford in 1873 in 2 IA, and in 1879 he
trotted trial in harness in 2 :l1a, and to
a wagon over Mr.. Bonner's track in
2 :154. He cost Mr.. Bonner $4,000.
Grafton was bred by DR.. James Miller
of Richmond, Ky. He was foaled in 1865
and is by Van Meters Waxy, out of Gyp
His record was 2 22t when Mr.. Bonner
bought him for SIS, 900, but he has since
made trial at Cleveland in :154.
Maud S., the unequalled, was bred by
A. j. Alexander at WOODBURY. Farm
Spring Station, Ky. She was foaled
March %, 1874, and is by Harold, out OF
Miss Russell. In addition to her un.
equalled record and still greater perform
ances in public trials under Mr. Bonner's
ownership already noted, she also has the
fastest record-2 :134-ever made in race
against other horses. The late Mr.. Van.
derbllt also drove her with Aldine to q
top wagon mile in Fleetwood Park il
2:l5t. This is the fastest time ever made
by any team of trotters, being one-quar
ter of a second faster than the best re-
cord of any team to skeleton wagon with
professional driver. These six horses
without counting the cost of their KEEP
since he has owned them, cost Mr.. Bon.
ner in hard cash Sl4S,000.
Mr. Bonner now has on his farm and il
his city stables, including the foals OF
the current year, no less than sixty trot
ting horses. No one who has not made
an actual computation has any idea of the
prodigious sum of money Mr.. Bonner has
expended in the purchase of notable
horses during the last thirty years. The
following is complete list of these
horses, with the years in which they were
purchased and the amounts paid fol
them by Mr.. Bonner: